Not to that extent, but there were numerous Aerospatiale and Westland proposals for stub-wing tandem-seat attack variants of the Lynx. None of them were ever pursued.

Likewise there was a rather hideous Bo-115 attack variant proposed based on the Bo-105, which made it as far as a full-scale mock-up. It would have been quite a mover.

Outside manufacturer brochures the Apache seldom hauled that many ATGMs anyhow, particularly on the power of the early T700 engines.

I don’t think it was that hideous…
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That was exactly the aircraft I was thinking of at first. I keep forgetting that the F-35 is also named the Lightning. But Hampden98 is right. Send up a couple of those English Electric Lightning’s and you probably would have the Russians guessing….

Philippines will spend more than $100 million to buy eight Bell 412 helicopters.

While its own navy waits, Canada sells military helicopters to the Philippines

I don’t understand why selling 8 Bell 412’s has any bearing on the acquisition of the Sikorsky naval helicopters?

Air Force leaders defend move to retire popular ‘Warthog’ plane

With them recently buying new wings for the A-10. Would they release these aircraft for sale to friendly nations?

Or would they at least recycle the GAU-8 Avenger for other projects?

Hi 1batfastard,
It’s a Harrier II+ of Italian Navy (see green-white-red roundels) or, maybe, a Spanish F-18 that thinks it is an Italian AV-8B.:)

Archangelski, I think he was referring to the false canopy painted on the underside. Canadian CF-18’s are known to do that.

I think the P-26 Peashooter was painted like this!

In this year’s LAAD show the Saab booth showed an impressive 1/72 scale mockup of the forward end of the Brazilian Aircraft carrier São Paulo with a number of Sea Gripens on its deck….

Regards,

Hammer

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I wonder if South Africa’s Gripens would be considered?